MarkMT 68 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Anyone got any good glass over ply books? Books, no, but there are some pretty good resources on youtube. Andy Miller at Boatworks Today has done quite a lot on glass/composite repair, such as this one on glass over ply: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytom 646 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Saturday finally finished painting the deck,dull grey,kiwi grip part of the deck and protective paint for the rest,both seem to flow the same but noticed the kiwi grip flattened compared to protective,using the plastic roller. But this rain will be a test?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytom 646 Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Finally applied the antifoul only watch the bloody rain take it away. They call it ablative?sure as hell stuck to my hands Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytom 646 Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 back in the water,little mishap,dropped the anchor only to find the foot switch does work,$3.5 fuse and holder rusted,now begs why/how did it get wet? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ed 143 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 9 hours 36 minutes and drinking rum before sundown on Friday ???? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,235 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Polished the solar panels - quite a difference, an 50% more output! Worthwhile. I used an electric polisher and cutting polish. Then canubra wax... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zozza 293 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Little Green Men - they do exist! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Timberwolfy 62 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 that's worse than I looked after scraping my hull! I had no idea how blue I was and proceeded to go to the shops. the guy at Burnsco asked if I was painting myself or my boat. my accomplishments? first single-handed race! which also happened to be my first single-handed sail, ever! I was part of the golden confused bunch who read the race docs wrong and sailed the wrong course. so, while it was a bummer to not accomplish my goal of also finishing my first solo race, I did pick the long course, and it was pretty cool to get out to Iliomama and back to Westhaven all by myself. really excited for summer now. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Timberwolfy 62 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 I'm just grateful that far more experienced people than myself made the same mistake. thanks for the support! good to hear you're done messing around with the aliens Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytom 646 Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Went out in the light air to give new forward hand ago,useless just sat there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Addem 95 Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Probably too busy holding on to stop falling on its head. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battgirl 23 Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Looking great KM. How satisfying for you after all your hard work. It looks like you're on the home straight now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beccara 25 Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 After a month of sanding/epoxying/painting in a 35deg room the beam is finally back ready to be installed this weekend! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battgirl 23 Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Well done Beccara! I am sure you will value all that hot work very shortly Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vorpal Blade 89 Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Got 10 boats towed back into the environment before 10:30 this morning, waited until tide came in, floated off the cradle and went to the mooring only to find it had become an ecosystem all of its own in the last 5 months - there was so much weed growing on it I couldn't pull it up. After an hour of cutting/slashing I made it through to the bridle. Here we all are sitting on cradles waiting for the tide to come in.... 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytom 646 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Chain jumped out of gypsey hand in way now 8 stitches dont lean on up button Grr funny thing didnt hurt at time as washed out with meths. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytom 646 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 retrieving,bit lummpy,motored forward,stopped ran forward pulled in warp,went to slip chain on to gypsy,chain slipped and at same touched button, use to be all chain but to much weight.So left 21/2 boat lenghts of chain but thimble shackle chain to warp wont go over gypsey,lewmar. never had a problem when calm or 2 onboard. teach me for sneaking out during a work day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytom 646 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 yep it has the spring loaded thing that sit on top off chain. Just looked at a few photos chain to warp,how often would you need to re do splice? and can i drop it off some where to have it splice?10mm on to 6mm short link chain. lewmar pro fish series vertical Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Priscilla II 392 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Completed new sliding hatch garage. Bloody complicated time consuming task,make mould,laminate ply, glass ply, sand, prime ,undercoat,go to boat ,attack old garage with skilsaw, beautify ugly 45 year old black hole, prime,undercoat, fit new garage, pray that no epoxy was going to ooze out and jamb sliding hatch,sand,prime,undercoat and finally top coat. Yippee, now whats next.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vorpal Blade 89 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Usually I don't do second hand sails but there was this one opportunity.... So our new, sorry, recently acquired and pre-loved #2 genoa is still a few hours work from being useable but I had to check how it all fitted before taking to it. Im going to make the the AC cats standard zip-on luff system fit around our rolled up #1 genoa and I will also make a new a storm jib using the same zip up system so we don't have to remove the big furler to change to other sails. Looking forward to trying it out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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